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Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez received half as many votes as her opponent in Tuesday's Democratic primary. She was criticized over the 13 months she waited to bring first-degree murder (or any other) charges against a Chicago police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, Cleopatra Pendleton, the mother of slain teen Hayida Pendelton, speaks at a news conference about gun violence in Chicago. Looking on from left are Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez. Fifteen-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed Jan. 29, 2013 in a park during a gang dispute she had nothing to do with about a mile from President Barack Obama's Chicago home. Since her death, the number of homicides and other violent crimes that turned Chicago into a national symbol of gun violence have fallen sharply. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
